Flame Cantina
1315 SW Oralabor Rd, Ankeny
(515) 963-7719
Customers' Favorites
Churros Drizzled with Caramel Sauce
Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp Bowl
Homemade Tortilla Chips Salsa
Trio Homemade Tortilla Chips
Family-Street Tacos
Mango Shrimp Tacos
Mexican French Dip
Street Corn Side
Al Pastor Tacos
Cowboy Burger
Street Eats
Street Tacos
3 corn tortilla with choice of meat, served with cilantro, onions lime, and your choice of salsa (GF)
Al Pastor Tacos
Marinated pork tenderloin with Yucatan native spices and topped with pineapple pico, cilantro and green tomatillo salsa (GF)
Mango Shrimp Tacos
(3) flour tortillas stuffed with grilled shrimp with lettuce, guajillo crema, cilantro, and mango pico served in a flour tortilla
Quesa Birria Tacos
(3) corn tortillas filled with slowly braised Angus beef in an adobo aus jus melted cheese, onions, cilantro and seared until it is slightly crispy and served with an onion and cilantro aus jus for dipping. (GF)
Fish Tacos
3 flour tortillas with beer battered fish, shredded lettuce and topped escabeche vegetables, and drizzled with chipotle aioli and your choice of salsa
Quesadilla
Triple cheese blend, grilled onions, peppers and your choice of meat, and choice of Flame salsa.
1-Taco only
1-Al pastor only
1-Quesa birria only
1-Mango shrimp only
1-Fish taco only
Starters
Homemade Tortilla Chips and Salsa
Homemade tortilla chips & choice of salsa.
Loaded Asada Fries
Flame fries loaded with homemade queso, triple cheese and topped with crema and pico de gallo
Nachos
Homemade tortilla chips topped with triple cheese and queso, crema, pico de gallo, guacamole, and black beans
Trio Homemade Tortilla Chips
Homemade tortilla chips, guacamole, queso, and, choice of Flame salsa
The Bowls
Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp Bowl
Seasoned bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, cilantro rice and topped with Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp and choice of Flame salsa (GF)
Tequila Chicken Bowl
Seasoned Bell peppers, onions, cilantro rice and topped with grilled Lime Chicken and choice of salsa (GF)
Burrito Bowl
Cilantro rice, black beans, arugula, lettuce, triple cheese, picp de gallo, crema, your choice of meat, and choice of Flame salsa
Fajita Bowl With Asada
Tri tip steak sauteed with poblano peppers, bell peppers, mushrooms, and onions in a sofrito sauce and served with Spanish rice, pinto beans, served with corn tortillas
Birria Bowl
A slowly roasted chuck roast with spanish rice, triple cheese, Pico de gallo, grilled jalapenos, onions, and peppers. Served with your choice of Flame salsa.
Southwest Bowl
Lettuce blend, Spanish rice, black beans, Triple cheese, choice of meat, sliced avocado, topped with lime crema, roasted corn and pico de gallo.
Lola's Bowl
Burgers and Sandwiches
Torta
Choice of meat with lettuce, jalapenos, melted cheese, may, tomatoes, crema, onions, avocados, and choice of Flame salsa
Torta Birria French Dip
Slowly braised angus beef, triple blend cheese, marinated red onions, queso fresco, aus jus for dipping, and choice of Flame salsa, and one side.
Cowboy Burger
7oz beef patty with grilled onions, topped with triple cheese, beer battered onion rings, and drizzled with chipotle BBQ sauce, served with Flame fries
Flame Burger
7oz beef patty with lettuce, fresh jalapenos, tomatoes, and drizzled with our signature Flame sauce, melted cheese, and served with Flame fries
All- American Burger
Salads
Mexican Chopped Avocado Salad
Mixed greens and cabbage, pico de gallo, roasted corn, cucumbers, cilantro, black beans, marinated onions, avocado, and tossed with a creamy chipotle dressing (GF)
Taco Salad
Homemade taco shell stuffed with shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, triple cheese, seasoned ground beef, crema, cilantro and choice of Flame Salsa
Speciality Items
Enchiladas Blancas
Enchiladas-Rojas
(3) Triple cheese and corn tortilla filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, marinated red onions, and served with black beans and Spanish rice
Enchiladas-Verdes
(3) corn tortilla filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, triple cheese, marinated red onions, and served with black beans and Spanish rice
Fried Taquitos
(5) corn tortillas rolled up with adobo chicken, poblano potatoes, triple cheese and topped with guajillo crema, avocado sauce, and pico de gallo
Not Your Mama's Mac & Cheese
Kids
Kid-Hamburger
Hamburger with Flame fries
Kid-Cheese Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla with Flame fries or Spanish rice
Kid-Flour Taco
Flour taco with choice of asada or chicken, shredded cheese, lettuce and your choice of Flame fires or Spanish rice
Not your Mama's Mac & Cheese-KIDS
Sides-regular
Avocado
Black Beans
Cilantro Rice 8 oz
Flame Fries
(GF)
Gaucamole-4 oz
Gaucamole-8 oz
Mac & Cheese-SIDE
Mexican Corn
Pinto beans
Queso 8 oz
Queso-4 oz
Salsa 8 oz
Sour Cream
Spanish Rice 8 oz
(GF)
Desserts
Churros
Traditional churro served with caramel sauce
Burritos
Burrito
Lola's Burrito
Chorizo and adobo steak, pineapple, black beans, grilled peppers, onions, lettuce, and triple cheese. Served with a side queso.
Birria Burrito
A slowly roasted chuck roast with Spanish rice, triple cheese, pico de gallo, grilled jalapenos, onions, and peppers. Served with your choice of Flame salsa.
Southwest Burrito
Family-grab & go
Family-Street Tacos
16 street tacos, with choice of meat served with cilantro, onions, lime. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Street Quesadilla
(4) quesadillas in a flour tortilla with triple cheese blend, grilled onions, peppers and your choice of meat. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Birria Tacos
(16) corn tortillas with slowly braised angus beef in adobo aus jus, melted cheese, onions, cilantro and seared until it is slightly crispy, with a choice of a 16 oz. spanish or cilantro rice and 16 oz. black beans.
Family-Enchiladas Rojas
(16) corn tortillas filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, triple cheese, marinated red onions. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Enchilada Verdes
(16) corn tortillas filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, triple cheese, marinated red onions. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Chips, queso, & salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire roasted salsa, and 16 oz queso.
Family-Chips, gauc, & salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire salsa, and 16 oz guacamole.
Family-Chips & salsa
1/2 deep pan chips and 8 oz fire salsa.
Family-Trio
1/2 deep pan, 8m oz fire roasted salsa, 16 oz guacamole, and 16 oz queso.
Family-Salsa 16 oz
Sides-large
Spanish Rice 16 oz
Cilantro Rice 16 oz
Black Beans 16 oz
Pinto Beans 16 oz
Gaucamole 16 oz
Queso 16 oz
Salsa 16 oz
Mexican Corn 16 Oz
Street Eats
Street Tacos
3 corn tortilla with choice of meat, served with cilantro, onions lime, and your choice of salsa (GF)
Al Pastor Tacos
Marinated pork tenderloin with Yucatan native spices and topped with pineapple pico, cilantro and green tomatillo salsa (GF)
Mango Shrimp Tacos
(3) flour tortillas stuffed with grilled shrimp with lettuce, guajillo crema, cilantro, and mango pico served in a flour tortilla
Quesa Birria Tacos
(3) corn tortillas filled with slowly braised Angus beef in an adobo aus jus melted cheese, onions, cilantro and seared until it is slightly crispy and served with an onion and cilantro aus jus for dipping. (GF)
Fish Tacos
3 flour tortillas with beer battered fish, shredded lettuce and topped escabeche vegetables, and drizzled with chipotle aioli and your choice of salsa
Quesadilla
Triple cheese blend, grilled onions, peppers and your choice of meat, and choice of Flame salsa.
Starters
Homemade Tortilla Chips and Salsa
Homemade tortilla chips & choice of salsa.
Loaded Asada Fries
Flame fries loaded with homemade queso, triple cheese and topped with crema and pico de gallo
Nachos
Homemade tortilla chips topped with triple cheese and queso, crema, pico de gallo, guacamole, and black beans
Trio Homemade Tortilla Chips
Homemade tortilla chips, guacamole, queso, and, choice of Flame salsa
The Bowls
Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp Bowl
Seasoned bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, cilantro rice and topped with Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp and choice of Flame salsa (GF)
Tequila Chicken Bowl
Seasoned Bell peppers, onions, cilantro rice and topped with grilled Lime Chicken and choice of salsa (GF)
Burrito Bowl
Cilantro rice, black beans, arugula, lettuce, triple cheese, picp de gallo, crema, your choice of meat, and choice of Flame salsa
Fajita Bowl With Asada
Tri tip steak sauteed with poblano peppers, bell peppers, mushrooms, and onions in a sofrito sauce and served with Spanish rice, pinto beans, served with corn tortillas
Burgers and Sandwiches
Flame Burger
7oz beef patty with lettuce, fresh jalapenos, tomatoes, and drizzled with our signature Flame sauce, melted cheese, and served with Flame fries
Cowboy Burger
7oz beef patty with grilled onions, topped with triple cheese, beer battered onion rings, and drizzled with chipotle BBQ sauce, served with Flame fries
Torta Birria French Dip
Slowly braised angus beef, triple blend cheese, marinated red onions, queso fresco, aus jus for dipping, and choice of Flame salsa, and one side.
Torta
Choice of meat with lettuce, jalapenos, melted cheese, may, tomatoes, crema, onions, avocados, and choice of Flame salsa
Salads
Mexican Chopped Avocado Salad
Mixed greens and cabbage, pico de gallo, roasted corn, cucumbers, cilantro, black beans, marinated onions, avocado, and tossed with a creamy chipotle dressing (GF)
Taco Salad
Homemade taco shell stuffed with shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, triple cheese, seasoned ground beef, crema, cilantro and choice of Flame Salsa
Speciality Items
Enchiladas-Rojas
(3) Triple cheese and corn tortilla filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, marinated red onions, and served with black beans and Spanish rice
Enchiladas-Verdes
(3) corn tortilla filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, triple cheese, marinated red onions, and served with black beans and Spanish rice
Not your Mama's Mac & Cheese-Dinner
Macaroni pasta, jalapenos, onions, queso sauce, topped with triple cheese, and lightly baked
Fried Taquitos
(5) corn tortillas rolled up with adobo chicken, poblano potatoes, triple cheese and topped with guajillo crema, avocado sauce, and pico de gallo
Kids
Kid-Hamburger
Hamburger with Flame fries
Kid-Cheese Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla with Flame fries or Spanish rice
Kid-Flour Taco
Flour taco with choice of asada or chicken, shredded cheese, lettuce and your choice of Flame fires or Spanish rice
Kid-Not your Mama's Mac & Cheese
Macaroni pasta, jalapenos, onions, queso sauce, topped with triple cheese, and lightly baked.
Sides
Spanish Rice 8 oz
(GF)
Black Beans 8 oz
(GF)
Flame Fries
(GF)
Gaucamole-4 oz
Queso-4 oz
Queso 8 oz
Cilantro Rice 8 oz
Mexican Corn
Desserts
Churros
Traditional churro served with caramel sauce
Burritos
Burrito
Lola's Burrito
Chorizo and adobo steak, pineapple, black beans, grilled peppers, onions, lettuce, and triple cheese, served with a side of queso.
Costeno Burrito
An adobo pork tenderloin filled with roasted green peppers, onions, jalapenos, cilantro rice, and triple cheese. Topped with guajillo sauce and pico de gallo.
Birria Burrito
A slowly roasted chuck roast with Spanish rice, triple cheese, pico de gallo, grilled jalapenos, onions, and peppers. Served with your choice of Flame salsa.
Family-grab & go's
Family-Street Tacos
16 street tacos, with choice of meat served with cilantro, onions, lime. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Street Quesadilla
(4) quesadillas in a flour tortilla with triple cheese blend, grilled onions, peppers and your choice of meat. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Birria Tacos
(16) corn tortillas with slowly braised angus beef in adobo aus jus, melted cheese, onions, cilantro and seared until it is slightly crispy, with a choice of a 16 oz. spanish or cilantro rice and 16 oz. black beans.
Family-Enchiladas Rojas
(16) corn tortillas filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, triple cheese, marinated red onions. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Enchilada Verdes
(16) corn tortillas filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, triple cheese, marinated red onions. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Chips, queso, & salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire roasted salsa, and 16 oz queso.
Family-Chips, gauc, & salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire salsa, and 16 oz guacamole.
Family-Chips & salsa
1/2 deep pan chips and 8 oz fire salsa.
Family-Trio
1/2 deep pan, 8m oz fire roasted salsa, 16 oz guacamole, and 16 oz queso.
Family-Salsa 16 oz
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Recent Reviews
loved loved loved it ! I’m from Kansas and was looking for places to eat while visiting Iowa and I saw this place and I’m so glad I did ! The birria tacos were so flavorful and tender and the corn was to die for the waitress was super great and overall 10/10 experience!
February 2025
I love Flame Cantina! Tonight I ordered the birria enchiladas/cilantro rice/pinto beans w/warm corn tortillas to-go, and everything was delicious! My order was hot and ready on time. Shout out to the hard working ladies in the kitchen ❤️ Be well! ✨
February 2025
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Only complaint, every mexican restaurant is very been in in the last 30 yrs, you always get chips and salsa free when dining in. Here they wanted $6, not a deal breaker but disappointing consider how long food took.